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part of that is education. and then training. to get them up to par. >> sounds like a full plate to me that's it for this edition of to the contrary. please follow me on twitter at bonnie erbe and at tothecontrary and check our website wbs.org/ttc, where the discussion continues. whether you agree or think, to the contrary, please join us next time. >> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornel douglas foundation. committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation, the wallace genetic foundation, and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. for a copy of "to the contrary," please contact federal news service at 1-888-343-1940.
part of that is education. and then training. to get them up to par. >> sounds like a full plate to me that's it for this edition of to the contrary. please follow me on twitter at bonnie erbe and at tothecontrary and check our website wbs.org/ttc, where the discussion continues. whether you agree or think, to the contrary, please join us next time. >> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornel douglas foundation. committed to encouraging stewardship of the...
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the students the traditional higher education has given up on. traditional higher education has become a very sociodemographically elite group of people. if you're not wealthy or upper middle class, you're not going to get into a traditional higher education system. so the only options lower-income students and working adults have is either to go to a community college, some of them can go to minority-serving institutions, and our option is the third option. >> smith: what remains troubling is, that on average, the debt load of for-profit students is more than twice that of students at traditional schools. >> unlike a public community college, where a small grant will usually cover most of the tuition, for the for-profit colleges the tuition requires substantial borrowing, so a student who drops out or doesn't get a high-paying job, sooner or later they have to pay the piper, and that can mean tens or even hundreds of thousands of loans that they have to pay back. >> smith: that's what happened to anne cobb. >> i had two young girls, and i was tr
the students the traditional higher education has given up on. traditional higher education has become a very sociodemographically elite group of people. if you're not wealthy or upper middle class, you're not going to get into a traditional higher education system. so the only options lower-income students and working adults have is either to go to a community college, some of them can go to minority-serving institutions, and our option is the third option. >> smith: what remains...
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a new documentary takes on the education system. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm juan gonzalez. four years ago, released the documentary "and inconvenient tricots >> chronicling al gore's climate change crusade. he is back with a new movie called "waiting for superman >> what about the state of the nation's education system. it opens nationwide tonight. it has already called a -- caused a stir for sweeping endorsement of the charter school movement and for its attack on teachers' unions. president obama describes as hardworking and powerful and endorses it, but some teachers have called for a boycott for its portrayal of teachers and teachers' unions. here is an excerpt from the trailer. >> you wake up every morning and know kids are getting really crappy education right now. >> so you think most of the kids are getting a crack the education right now? what i don't think they are, i know they are. >> to the kids are getting stupid every year or something is
a new documentary takes on the education system. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm juan gonzalez. four years ago, released the documentary "and inconvenient tricots >> chronicling al gore's climate change crusade. he is back with a new movie called "waiting for superman >> what about the state of the nation's education system. it opens nationwide tonight. it has already called a --...
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from education to location. location, location, location. not only dictates real estate value it is can also affect women's health. a new study finds low income women who move to higher income neighborhoods are less likely to become obese or have diabetes. the u.s. department of housing and urban development tested the long-term health impacts of more than 4,000 poor women with children living in housing projects or low income neighborhoods. in five cities, hud offered housing vouchers to random groups of women and only if they relocated to better neighborhoods. the women who did, were 20% less likely to be extremely obese, or to have diabetes. researchers can't pinpoint the reasons why. but they believe women in nicer neighborhoods have more access to healthier foods, doctors, and to safe areas to exercise or to get out of the house and move. they also believe the long-term stress of living in dangerous neighborhoods may alter the hormones that control weight. and i'm thinking that may be the most important factor congressman edwards what d
from education to location. location, location, location. not only dictates real estate value it is can also affect women's health. a new study finds low income women who move to higher income neighborhoods are less likely to become obese or have diabetes. the u.s. department of housing and urban development tested the long-term health impacts of more than 4,000 poor women with children living in housing projects or low income neighborhoods. in five cities, hud offered housing vouchers to...
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>> our educational system was imploding. enrollment-wise, finance wise, something radical, radical surgery had to be done. >> announcer: major funding for "religion & ethics news weekly" is dedicated to i founder's interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized individual group and retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. the january henson foundation, and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. arguments continue over the so-called "fiscal cliff" deal approved this week in the fina minutes of the 112th congress. and religious groups are among those weighing in. the family research council criticized the deal for not including spending cuts and entitlement reforms. meanwhile, leaders of the christian group bread for the world said while the measure isn't perfect, they believe it will "prevent major economic damage that would have affected hungry and poor
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we need greater investment in education. it's disturbing to me at a time when we are having the highest percentage of people in poverty in this country since we've seen, 1-5 children in america right now lives in poverty 1 portfolio 4 black children 1-4 latino children live in poverty. the thought of cutting programs that children need to exist nutritional programs to me is unconscionable and ridiculous that this is part of a discussion. >> we need to have a budget debate. and i'm not against it. and i'm not against you know, ryan putting his budget on the table and i think it's costing a lot of people to think deeply. the biggest issue with the debate is it's about a certain sector of the budget and the other sector, the military expenditures and others are in kutsch and there is a lot of wasteful investments and you have the poor people and the elderly people and the children paying the price. and i'm with dana we need to have a debate about the bigger picture but there are short-term issues people need food and children n
we need greater investment in education. it's disturbing to me at a time when we are having the highest percentage of people in poverty in this country since we've seen, 1-5 children in america right now lives in poverty 1 portfolio 4 black children 1-4 latino children live in poverty. the thought of cutting programs that children need to exist nutritional programs to me is unconscionable and ridiculous that this is part of a discussion. >> we need to have a budget debate. and i'm not...
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, it would be very good fo us to try to upgrade education, financial will it liy education in schools and for states to concentrate on that. that's going to go a long way toward young people understanding their paychecks, how much the government is taking out for various taxes. that creates better voters to know how to make -- if the government is this big and they're taking this much, how can i help sort out the priorities in terms of what the government should do, and be able to understand as well the recourse where there is, when they do sense they might to be victim of abuse in the workplace. that's appropriate in this case i think wage theft is one of those things we can count is being pretty well covered by the department of labor. >> would you like to see new legislation? >> i would because there are whole sets of workers who are not covered. we cover almost every worker, but there are about four or five categories of workers, all of them are mostly women and all of them are bottom of the economic pile. >> all right. that's it for this edition of to the con carrie. please follo
, it would be very good fo us to try to upgrade education, financial will it liy education in schools and for states to concentrate on that. that's going to go a long way toward young people understanding their paychecks, how much the government is taking out for various taxes. that creates better voters to know how to make -- if the government is this big and they're taking this much, how can i help sort out the priorities in terms of what the government should do, and be able to understand as...
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have on education. what does that say. what does that say to you. >> i think we've got some priorities wrong. now you don't solve those priorities by putting restrictions on free flow of people who bring in that technology and bring in those brains, many of them settle here, many start organizations here. and somebody should analyze the number of fortune 500 companies where immigrants have played an absolutely critical role in founding those companies. >> rose: who stayed here after they got an education here at the graduate level. >> absolutely. >> rose: and at some of our best universities and some of our great state universities as well. so wipro, how is it doing. >> wipro is well but i think we will do much better in the future well. made some transformational changes, we made change in leadership. >> ros in terms o succession. >> in terms ofsuccession, in terms of leadership. in terms of the way we have simplified the business, made it faster under feet and we are starting to see results of it happ
have on education. what does that say. what does that say to you. >> i think we've got some priorities wrong. now you don't solve those priorities by putting restrictions on free flow of people who bring in that technology and bring in those brains, many of them settle here, many start organizations here. and somebody should analyze the number of fortune 500 companies where immigrants have played an absolutely critical role in founding those companies. >> rose: who stayed here after...
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our religion is gender equality and education. >>> major funding for "religion & ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lily endowment dedicated to its founders' interests in religion, community development and education. additional funding provided by mutual of america, dsigni customized individual group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. amid the continuing investigation into the boston marathon bombing, president obama this week spoke of the threat of self-radicalized individuals here in the u.s. and the difficulty of identifying them. he said his counterteorism team has discussed ways it can engage communities where such radicalization can occur. in recent years, american muslim groups have launched their own efforts to combat extremism. for more on this, i'm joined by our managing editor kim lawton and haris tarin. he directs the washington office of the muslim public affairs council. haris, welcome. the president referred to self-radicalizing. how
our religion is gender equality and education. >>> major funding for "religion & ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lily endowment dedicated to its founders' interests in religion, community development and education. additional funding provided by mutual of america, dsigni customized individual group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you...
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we want more latinos to go out and vote and be educated on the issues that are occurring. it starts at home. i think that i remember growing up i was sitting around the table, my dad was a political prisoner in cuba he would talk about importance of freedom of democracy i felt that that was sort of took my charge to go out there and get involved and learn the issues and basically what i've been doing so long. we need more of that, the more of the parents being more engaged with the issues and talking about these important issues for the latino community. what is interesting, we've seen such a rise of conservative hispanics such as senator marco rubio and so many of these that have come out really that even for them they have been able to talk about the message of why it's important to get involved and why it's important for hispanics to vote. we are seeing it in florida where you are going to see i think a lot more active hispanics going out to vote. it's interesting to see how california and texas are just not going down that direction. although we have senatorial candida
we want more latinos to go out and vote and be educated on the issues that are occurring. it starts at home. i think that i remember growing up i was sitting around the table, my dad was a political prisoner in cuba he would talk about importance of freedom of democracy i felt that that was sort of took my charge to go out there and get involved and learn the issues and basically what i've been doing so long. we need more of that, the more of the parents being more engaged with the issues and...
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education-- the more education you have the more likely it is to have. sreenivasan: and there's increasing concern over the way broadband is being used among different groups, whether spending more time on social networks, streaming television programs and movies and playing games, is at the expense of educational advancement, managing finances and pursuing job opportunities. this week the ad council launched the website www.everyoneon.org. it's a nationwide campaign from to increase digital literacy. for more on the digital divide, we turn to vicky rideout. she is the author of several studies about children and media. she currently runs v.j.r. consulting and is an editor at the journal of children and media. and ambassadokaren kornbluh, who stepped down recently as the u.s. representative to the organization for economic cooperation and development. she also served as assistant chief at the f.c.c. where she worked on broadband access. so, karen kornbluh, let me start with you. where do you see the divide? how do you see it playing out. >> this is such
education-- the more education you have the more likely it is to have. sreenivasan: and there's increasing concern over the way broadband is being used among different groups, whether spending more time on social networks, streaming television programs and movies and playing games, is at the expense of educational advancement, managing finances and pursuing job opportunities. this week the ad council launched the website www.everyoneon.org. it's a nationwide campaign from to increase digital...
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educating them about reproductive health and equality is done peer to peer. despite great strides, recent headlines underscore the need for high quality information about reproductive health. >> we have read many cases of abandoned babies. we don't want such a thing to happen to, you know, a life, you see? and our concern is the young person, if she was given sufficient information, she was given enough knowledge, she would use a contraceptive if she was to have sex. >> we traveled a few hours outside of kuala lumpur to a town called melaka where that support is being offered. >> here at the integrated family services, teens both male and female come to learn about family planning from peer educators. >> i am a muslim girl...i am talking about sex and what i am teaching them about it. but then we are looking at it from another perception, which is health perception, our work is based on marginalized community. so we have seen a lot of young people with hiv positive. young people with stds. so we do not want it to happen that is my position, my principle when
educating them about reproductive health and equality is done peer to peer. despite great strides, recent headlines underscore the need for high quality information about reproductive health. >> we have read many cases of abandoned babies. we don't want such a thing to happen to, you know, a life, you see? and our concern is the young person, if she was given sufficient information, she was given enough knowledge, she would use a contraceptive if she was to have sex. >> we traveled...
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educational reform in the district of columbia does not end with michelle rhee. >> educational reform would not have happened in d.c. accept or michelle rey. she is an historical figure. she is a true hero of the movement. >> the fact that she will go, we will say. in a couple of years, the teachers union will ride again and will not be able to get rid of the bad teachers. we will go back to status quo. >> the most important thing that happens with the education reform is taking the school board that had been the problem with education and the district of columbia because they play a political football. the person who pushes that will lead the district of columbia3 >> the timing of that the feed is important on a national scale. those advocates of education reform or led by the corporate community and they are on the verge of releasing a new movie which is called "waiting for superman." it was created and written by the same director who made a "an inconvenient truth." they are supporters of reform. this had the same kind of impact that i" an inconvenient truth" had on environmental i
educational reform in the district of columbia does not end with michelle rhee. >> educational reform would not have happened in d.c. accept or michelle rey. she is an historical figure. she is a true hero of the movement. >> the fact that she will go, we will say. in a couple of years, the teachers union will ride again and will not be able to get rid of the bad teachers. we will go back to status quo. >> the most important thing that happens with the education reform is...
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education act. test scores have been dropping. we have not closed the racial gap. >> money --ue don't need more money. it's not the issue. >> and that's exactly right, michelle. money is not the issue here. and look. president obama's two girls are in a private school. i think his heart is in this reform. >> what is the school? quaker school? >> west quaker. >> john, the problem is that democrats are so tightly wound with the teachers unions that the democrats, starting with president obama are going to have to give these teachers unions, the nea and the aft, a real beet down. >> come on. >> they're going to have to stand up to them. but you know what? issue number 1, this week, the new house speaker republican, john boehner threw down a challenge to president obama and democrats in congress, with regards to washington, d.c.'s vouchers program. the democrats killed that last year. >> what's that? >> what michelle just described. gives parents the ability to transfer their kids to a new school. >> le
education act. test scores have been dropping. we have not closed the racial gap. >> money --ue don't need more money. it's not the issue. >> and that's exactly right, michelle. money is not the issue here. and look. president obama's two girls are in a private school. i think his heart is in this reform. >> what is the school? quaker school? >> west quaker. >> john, the problem is that democrats are so tightly wound with the teachers unions that the democrats,...
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why is it so different for primary and high school education and kindergarten. >> postsecondary education, college and university i think you have to put that into a different category than k-12 education. because then you're choosing between a career or college and specialized training. that definitely makes sense. but for young children, they shouldn't have to be bussed somewhere. it should be in their neighborhood. we do know what needs to be done in these schools. and too many of these schools, especially in communities of high poverty, they have a transient work force. they don't have teachers teaching in a certified area. they're teaching out of their area of expertie. i was a high school math teacher for 23 years. i hope i was a good math teacher all those years. but if you were to put me in the music class, i would not have been an effective teacher. in too many of schools of poverty they're doing that. it's wrong. what we need to do is to make sure that we have a well trained, certified work force that is stable, provide the services and programs and especially the wrap-around se
why is it so different for primary and high school education and kindergarten. >> postsecondary education, college and university i think you have to put that into a different category than k-12 education. because then you're choosing between a career or college and specialized training. that definitely makes sense. but for young children, they shouldn't have to be bussed somewhere. it should be in their neighborhood. we do know what needs to be done in these schools. and too many of...
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this is about educating children. >> who would do that? who would think that that was a good idea, to fire a principal on camera, even if you can't see that principal's face? and i think the answer is just kind of a zealot. someone who so strongly believes that kids are getting cheated, and that this person or this policy stands in the way of these kids getting a good education. "and therefore, i will do anything to eliminate that in whatever means possible." >> rhee's biographer, richard whitmire, traces her passion back to her senior year in college. >> she saw a pbs documentary on teach for america. snd she said, just like a light bulb went off, and said, "this is what i want to do." >> teach for america sent rhee to baltimore. >> my school was one of the lowest performing elementary schools in that city. the roughest neighborhood in baltimore. home lives of my kids, a mess. drug infestation, prostitution, kids staying up until 11:00, 12:00 at night, watching tv and eating cereal out of a box for dinner. that's the life that my kids had
this is about educating children. >> who would do that? who would think that that was a good idea, to fire a principal on camera, even if you can't see that principal's face? and i think the answer is just kind of a zealot. someone who so strongly believes that kids are getting cheated, and that this person or this policy stands in the way of these kids getting a good education. "and therefore, i will do anything to eliminate that in whatever means possible." >> rhee's...
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and it's not just special needs education. alec's education agenda includes online schooling as well. >> julie underwood: there's a model alec bill called the "virtual public schools act," which actually creates cyber academies -- >> when kids enroll in connections academy. >> julie underwood: -- where children receive all of their instruction in front of a computer. they don't go to school. they don't interact with adults. they don't interact with other children. all of their instruction is received online. >> delores gresham: thank you mr. speaker. house bill 1030 has to do with the establishment of virtual public schools. >> bill moyers: in 2011, an online schooling bill based on the alec model turned up in another state where alec has a powerful influence, tennessee. it was introduced in both the state senate and house by alec members. like the special needs bill in wisconsin, this one too had its opponents. >> mike stewart: we have never opened up our state to virtual schools broadly, and that's why we have an army of lob
and it's not just special needs education. alec's education agenda includes online schooling as well. >> julie underwood: there's a model alec bill called the "virtual public schools act," which actually creates cyber academies -- >> when kids enroll in connections academy. >> julie underwood: -- where children receive all of their instruction in front of a computer. they don't go to school. they don't interact with adults. they don't interact with other children....
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education and educated citizenry is absolutely essential to moving from campaigning to governing because governing is more example than campaigning except this campaign which was the most painful campaign which may push the public to yearn for governing. >> rose: i got some currency a little while back seemed less so now because tough times have come to other parts of the worl is america in decline. david where do you come on the idea of america on decline? >> i call my family mother moses and trump's everybody else's founding father. [laughter] >> rose: he wants to talk about abraham. >> and you never saw the promised land. >> unfair. >> came close. i never really thought this america in decline business. in part you look at people under 30. they are tremendously holding a responsible generation. they have -- but until then, they're very hard working responsible. they're going to save our bacon. second, america is still basically america. we still have a very creative dynamic culture. we have a lot of advantage going forward. there's a global middle class rising, they're going to be buy
education and educated citizenry is absolutely essential to moving from campaigning to governing because governing is more example than campaigning except this campaign which was the most painful campaign which may push the public to yearn for governing. >> rose: i got some currency a little while back seemed less so now because tough times have come to other parts of the worl is america in decline. david where do you come on the idea of america on decline? >> i call my family...
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>> i don't like his education policies. i agree with what he said about teaching with creativity and passion, butusly in the next sentence he said if you g higher test scores you should get rewarded and if you don't get them, you should be fired. so i thought it was a double message. i prefer the part of the message about teaching with creativity and passion. >> rose: should we to everything we can to make teaching a more important profession? >> we should make teaching in this country a respected profession, a prestigious profession and one of the things that people say about teaching in some of the really best countries is that the teachers are considered professionals. they're given a tremendous amount of autonomy. they're not judged by test scores. i don't know of anotherountry th's judging ache by the test scores of their student. certainly they're not doing that in finland. they don't have standardized testing in finland. president clinton appointed it me to the national testing board. i know the tests very well and h
>> i don't like his education policies. i agree with what he said about teaching with creativity and passion, butusly in the next sentence he said if you g higher test scores you should get rewarded and if you don't get them, you should be fired. so i thought it was a double message. i prefer the part of the message about teaching with creativity and passion. >> rose: should we to everything we can to make teaching a more important profession? >> we should make teaching in...
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>> my father was an educator, and my mother was an educator as well. most my growing up, though, my mother stayed at home. they met at a private school in north carolina. she was teaching english. he was teaching math. and they ended up getting married. they came fom famies, though, that really taught them to expect the best of themselves and everybody else. and they both came from families that caught them the power and the importance of struggle. and so i grew up in a family that was educated, that valued education, but also understood that those of us within the black community who were managing to do well had an obligation to the rest of the community and being a part of the naacp and being an activist in the community and caring about what was going on was very important in my household. >> let me go at this questio of education. i read one of your studies. one of them talks about the need for education in the future. and i think you say that by the end of this decade, at least 45% to 46% of our jobs in america will depend upon at least some colle
>> my father was an educator, and my mother was an educator as well. most my growing up, though, my mother stayed at home. they met at a private school in north carolina. she was teaching english. he was teaching math. and they ended up getting married. they came fom famies, though, that really taught them to expect the best of themselves and everybody else. and they both came from families that caught them the power and the importance of struggle. and so i grew up in a family that was...
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if you take k-12 education i gave a speech to the chief education officers and talked about they might have to take that seniority and master's degree money which is not correlated with teaching excellence and assign some of it to the incentive systems for excellence. the best case for k-12 is to be pretty flat and some states like california actually and new york or illinois going down. so it's a very tough problem. i don't want us to cut educational spending. one of the biggest gaps between 2006 or 2008 discretionary and 2010 is telegrams. so states have been raising tuition and things. part of the reason the community college system hasn't totally fallen apart is because the federal level is spending a lot of money on pell grant. i think that's very good. but that's one of these things that there will be this argument about if you want to get discretionary spending back down. on energy, the president seemed to say that he'd go after certain tax breaks for the oil industry in order to find i think $3 or $4 billion for the energy r&d he believes in. i think that's probably a good thin
if you take k-12 education i gave a speech to the chief education officers and talked about they might have to take that seniority and master's degree money which is not correlated with teaching excellence and assign some of it to the incentive systems for excellence. the best case for k-12 is to be pretty flat and some states like california actually and new york or illinois going down. so it's a very tough problem. i don't want us to cut educational spending. one of the biggest gaps between...
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more money now on education programs and yet our kids have lower scores. clearly money does not mean -- spending more money doesn't mean that we're going to have a -- kids have better educational scores. so perhaps with the spending cuts which are absolutely necessary, it has nothing to do with the demographic it's because our politicians have been spending money that we don't even have, it's the spending our children and grandchildren's money, those cuts could end up resulting in coming up with more creative ways of providing for the needs in society rath he than depending on government. that we as community step step up. >> let's face it. this is basically a hispanic story. of course an asian story as well. this is country going to look real different, going to be multi-colored. in fact come already with some mixed heritage. then they go mix. you get that mixture together you won't be able to tell who is who. very important points to be made here, the great american story has been new groups, usually of a different ethnic background or religious backgrou
more money now on education programs and yet our kids have lower scores. clearly money does not mean -- spending more money doesn't mean that we're going to have a -- kids have better educational scores. so perhaps with the spending cuts which are absolutely necessary, it has nothing to do with the demographic it's because our politicians have been spending money that we don't even have, it's the spending our children and grandchildren's money, those cuts could end up resulting in coming up...
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education. long-time friend and fellow basketball player with president obama in chicago. he's the former head of the school system in chicago. there of course is secretary chu in front of him. behind him is the veteran affairs secretary. janet napolitano behind him, homeland security. there on the left you see the left side senator john kerry of massachusetts, now chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. a man who was of course in 2004 the democrat nominee for president. now we see behind secretary napolitano bill daley former secretary of commerce in the clinton administration and now the new white house chief of staff. replaced rahm emanuel who is back in chicago to see if he can become mayor. he is now shaking hands with tom coburn, senator coburn of oklahoma. now, of course, the big deal here... there is secretary clinton laughing with secretary gates and secretary geithner. there on the right is senator sessions. my guess is they're laughing about the idea that they've got all..
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that's not higher education's fault. that's our fault can k-12. >> ifill: we have not prepared these students about what awaits them in college. the confidence or this just being admitted to college which is where our focus has been, has been the wrong one? >> we have been complacent. we have been complacent. other countries have outeducated us. they've outinvested us. a big part of what i'm trying to do is raise the profile of education and get america to wake up. i think you're seeing signs that america is starting to wake up. it's n so much... it's interesting. college graduation rates. we've gone from first to 9th. it's not that we dropped. we're exactly where we were nine years ago. sorry. a generation ago. we're just flat lined. we haven't moved. other countries haves paed us by. they're outworking us and outcompeting us. we have to wake up and start moving. what do we do starting today as fast as we can to get to the next level? we have a reel really clear game plan of k-12 reform. invest in early childhood educat
that's not higher education's fault. that's our fault can k-12. >> ifill: we have not prepared these students about what awaits them in college. the confidence or this just being admitted to college which is where our focus has been, has been the wrong one? >> we have been complacent. we have been complacent. other countries have outeducated us. they've outinvested us. a big part of what i'm trying to do is raise the profile of education and get america to wake up. i think you're...
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this lowers the quality of education for all students. it also widens achievement gaps, as english-language learners lag way behind their peers. only 12% of non-english speaking students ranked "proficient" in 4th grade math versus 42% of other students. only 5% of non-english-speaking students tested "proficient" in 8th grade math versus 35% of all other students. the gap is even wider on reading tests. and the national statistics show actually that, english language learners, particularly who are hispanic tend to have lower reading proficiency at fourth grade and eighth grade. hispanic students in general have a 57% graduation rate. and so there's a lot of challenges that are facing hispanic students. >> academic achievement or in this case, academic struggles, academic challenges, it's a real strong predictor of how many of these students will, when they get to 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, likely drop out of high school. >> large class sizes make it tough for teachers to give extra attention to those who are falling behind. >> on
this lowers the quality of education for all students. it also widens achievement gaps, as english-language learners lag way behind their peers. only 12% of non-english speaking students ranked "proficient" in 4th grade math versus 42% of other students. only 5% of non-english-speaking students tested "proficient" in 8th grade math versus 35% of all other students. the gap is even wider on reading tests. and the national statistics show actually that, english language...
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and does so-called marriage education really work? >> every year, more than 2 million couples marry in the united states. >> when is your wedding? >> august 25th. >> oh, you want to sign up here? >> sure. >> and some of those soon to be brides and grooms were here at this southern california wedding expo. as they plan their big day, it's easy to find people ready to talk about what it takes to keep a relationship strong. >> i think we definitely are working every day on our relationship, making sure that that stays steady, and then we also have our personal goals that we want -- >> we already went through the tuxedo rentals. we needed that -- >> raymond gerst and jessica vargas recently became engaged. >> communication, flat out. we are slowly evolving into having better communication between each other. >> i know who he is. i know his flaws, i know the things that annoy me, but at the end of the day -- >> as do i -- >> -- i have him, and i know he will be there for me. and as long as that communication stays good, i think we'll do al
and does so-called marriage education really work? >> every year, more than 2 million couples marry in the united states. >> when is your wedding? >> august 25th. >> oh, you want to sign up here? >> sure. >> and some of those soon to be brides and grooms were here at this southern california wedding expo. as they plan their big day, it's easy to find people ready to talk about what it takes to keep a relationship strong. >> i think we definitely are...
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it's entertaining but not educational. so we really want parents to hear it and make a thoughtful decision on media use for their entire family. >> brown: what about the newer forms of interactive devices because many parents would say these are useful. kids are learning from these things. >> i think they can be and it depends on the device and the age of child and choice of content. but i agree with dr. bruin under the age of two. there's no proof anyone's going to learn anything and it will be a passive babysitter. as you get older, there's no question the number one category of iphone apps is for pre-schoolers so the market is responding to the idea that you can create educational interactive content. the issue, though, is making good choices. if you're a parent or educator who wants to use it. as kids get colder they can be exposed to screen time. they can use these devices in moderation. that's what the pediatrician says. you can't do it five or six hours a day. you're going to still have the issues of brain developme
it's entertaining but not educational. so we really want parents to hear it and make a thoughtful decision on media use for their entire family. >> brown: what about the newer forms of interactive devices because many parents would say these are useful. kids are learning from these things. >> i think they can be and it depends on the device and the age of child and choice of content. but i agree with dr. bruin under the age of two. there's no proof anyone's going to learn anything...
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we can through education... we should try to tackle poverty. we should absolutely do everything we can to lesson poverty but we don't need to wait for that. we can literally provide education that changes kids' lives. >> rose: we conclude with the great mexican writer carlos fuentes. >> i'm a writer and when i was very young i had the fear of the the blank page, the white page. it was like a monster. now i don't have that. every evening i know what i'm going to write the next day. but during the nighttime, dreams come and then i see things very differently. it's very magical but it keeps me open to mystery. >> rose: libya, teach for america and carlos fuenteswhen we continue. seven years ago, i had this idea. to make baby food the way moms would. happybaby strives to make the best organic baby food. in a business like ours, personal connections are so important. we use our american express open gold card to further those connections. last year we took dozens of trips using membership rewards points to meet with
we can through education... we should try to tackle poverty. we should absolutely do everything we can to lesson poverty but we don't need to wait for that. we can literally provide education that changes kids' lives. >> rose: we conclude with the great mexican writer carlos fuentes. >> i'm a writer and when i was very young i had the fear of the the blank page, the white page. it was like a monster. now i don't have that. every evening i know what i'm going to write the next day....
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kids, we know it's important to their education, education's important to their college. for too many kids, the link between school, college, job is just, there's gaps. we've tried now, we've got five high schools. >> rose: the perception. >> charlie the way i try to explain it to people, i got kids who live four miles from downtown and downtown is just a world apart from them. all the possibility there. and the education system finish high school so you can go t college. it's just not part of their worl expienc so now we set assist tells high schools, science technology engineering, ninth grade to 14th it has the counseling, the mentor. you finish all the way to 14th, great. two year college. you will get your first interview at the school that is oracle, motorola solutions, microsoft, ibm, verizon. they've all each taken a high school. when i announce this, one high school on vocational school, they had a person specific just to answer phone calls from parents figuring how to enroll their kids. for these kids, they don't see high school finishing and relating to a job o
kids, we know it's important to their education, education's important to their college. for too many kids, the link between school, college, job is just, there's gaps. we've tried now, we've got five high schools. >> rose: the perception. >> charlie the way i try to explain it to people, i got kids who live four miles from downtown and downtown is just a world apart from them. all the possibility there. and the education system finish high school so you can go t college. it's just...
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>> well, i think the work we're doing in education. i didn't start out working in education. when i first moved to washington i was working on civil and constitutional rights issues and i have come to a place where i feel so passionately about this because i believe this is better educating our kids, that's the key to greater opportunity for them and greater opportunity for us as a nation. so i want to accomplish as much as possible in the education sphere and working with people. i was talking to two c.e.o.s recently, ed rust who heads state farm, bill green who heading a censure and they were saying we got together recently, we spent time talking about business and we spent a couple hours talking about education. i mean, people recognize how critical this is and how important this is and i think about the kids i encountered along the way. you look in their eyes and there's so much hope, so much desire. and i think that we can meet this. i'm energized by this challenge to meet this and i know that this president has created an opportunity for us to work together and to get t
>> well, i think the work we're doing in education. i didn't start out working in education. when i first moved to washington i was working on civil and constitutional rights issues and i have come to a place where i feel so passionately about this because i believe this is better educating our kids, that's the key to greater opportunity for them and greater opportunity for us as a nation. so i want to accomplish as much as possible in the education sphere and working with people. i was...
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if woman chooses to stay in education you're not going to learn as much as that education. >> bonnie was getting at something very important. i think you're right. what is new here is that men and women normally, usually when they got out of college the woman earned less. i think a lot of this has to do with men not getting -- not as many men getting well educated. more to do with that than women somehow leaping ahead. >> do we want that? >> as an overall trend -- >> i don't want women to benefit at the expense of, even though it is not at their expense, but at the expense of men. that ought to be wake-up call for them. >> what do they need to do about it. >> graduate. the way women do. graduate and i am serious, watch less football and play less of it which you ought to do anyway. >> i agree with you on the watching less. i'm all for participating in sports. i think watching somebody else participate is pretty much a waste of time. but seriously, there are cultures like russia where women aren't even bothering to get married any more because the men just stay unemployed almost on pu
if woman chooses to stay in education you're not going to learn as much as that education. >> bonnie was getting at something very important. i think you're right. what is new here is that men and women normally, usually when they got out of college the woman earned less. i think a lot of this has to do with men not getting -- not as many men getting well educated. more to do with that than women somehow leaping ahead. >> do we want that? >> as an overall trend -- >> i...
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and education is not housing, by the way. you know. --. >> brown: richard veder, you can come back in this. the-- go ahead. >> an interesting point was raised there. there is another dimension that hasn't been mentioned, and that is 40%, 45% of the students who entered traditional four-year university or college education don't graduate. and i don't mean in four years. i mean in six years. so there's an enormous amount of risk being taken by a lot of students, and a lot of those risks relate to the fact that colleges and universities are often admitting students who they full well know have a limited probability of success but they take them in anyway. this is not the weslayan's of the world. that's a high-quality yrvth elite, private school. but many schools have very high cropp out rates and that's another dimension of this that hasn't been picked up in all this talk about truth and beauty and having people learn about egyptian civilization-- i'm all for people learning about egyptian civil zane. four out of five students w
and education is not housing, by the way. you know. --. >> brown: richard veder, you can come back in this. the-- go ahead. >> an interesting point was raised there. there is another dimension that hasn't been mentioned, and that is 40%, 45% of the students who entered traditional four-year university or college education don't graduate. and i don't mean in four years. i mean in six years. so there's an enormous amount of risk being taken by a lot of students, and a lot of those...
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the state board of education has taken a very ideological approach to what appears in text books. you know, not teaching about certain people, teaching about other kinds of folks. taking a very hard line stance on the content of text books as a political agenda. i think that's maybe the most crystallized example of trying to influence how a generation learns about history. but just on a much more mundane level, a lot of times i fear that, you know, a 16, 17, 18-year-old out there, they think, "well, i'm... i'm about to graduate from high school or i can go and get a job wherever," or you know, they're having fun with their friends or playing video games or on the internet or text messaging and everything's fine. and that's good in the sense that they see a sunny future for themselves. you want them to do that. but at the same time, i don't think that they look back enough and understand the history of the country and understand what kind of sacrifices had to be made for the gains that we have in the united states today. and the danger of that is that then they're more likely to al
the state board of education has taken a very ideological approach to what appears in text books. you know, not teaching about certain people, teaching about other kinds of folks. taking a very hard line stance on the content of text books as a political agenda. i think that's maybe the most crystallized example of trying to influence how a generation learns about history. but just on a much more mundane level, a lot of times i fear that, you know, a 16, 17, 18-year-old out there, they think,...
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, if you don't have an education, they of course thought an education was key to a democracy. and if that was true then it's all the more true now. >> so what's happened to us? not that we have lost, you know, our soul but that we find ourselves behind in areas that we used to take pride in leading. >> well, let's begin with our government. because that's an important part in the puzzle of what makes democracy work. we have a great constitution. but campaigning has taken over governing. we le in aera of the permanent campaign so we elect people to office. and then they company pain for office again. instead of moving the ball forward. so i think that's a big problem. and that's what propelled me to write the book with my wonderful co-author dennis thompson. and we thought we had to say, give a diagnosis of the problem. and some of the solutions to it. for american universities which are still the greatest in the world, we really depend upon american democracy helping us move r country forward and to give opportunities. >> rose: you seem to say that the spirit of compromise is
, if you don't have an education, they of course thought an education was key to a democracy. and if that was true then it's all the more true now. >> so what's happened to us? not that we have lost, you know, our soul but that we find ourselves behind in areas that we used to take pride in leading. >> well, let's begin with our government. because that's an important part in the puzzle of what makes democracy work. we have a great constitution. but campaigning has taken over...
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height in the bavarian mountains, far from the german education debate, a little education module has developed, the sofie scholl school. almost everything is different here. students start to drift in at the start of the day. there is no announcement of the start of lessons and no common class is for all the children. the children begin work independently. there is a weekly plan for orientation, but each has been draw up individually with the teacher. >> i can decide r myself what i want to do. >> the kids study a mix of math, german, and general studies instead of following a rigid lesson structure. if someone wants to go out to read, that is fine. it seems very free, and was even. but the children have to complete a curriculum like any pupil. they simply decide when to study what. >> the pressure on the children to perform and complete something within an hour -- time. they have it. >> the school is part of an allergy clinic. the pupils are patience and often stay for only a few weeks. the teaching plan is drawn up for the shiftingoll. the work is decided in a weekly teacher-pupil
height in the bavarian mountains, far from the german education debate, a little education module has developed, the sofie scholl school. almost everything is different here. students start to drift in at the start of the day. there is no announcement of the start of lessons and no common class is for all the children. the children begin work independently. there is a weekly plan for orientation, but each has been draw up individually with the teacher. >> i can decide r myself what i want...
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are we actually educating folks. because you can argue that china as they increase middle class, they actually all of a sudn want to be high priced middle class as very simple level, something that -- meat prices are going up that is a luxury. how are we educating our population that we're being kind to the environment and using stuff at our disposal working smartly. >> it does respond -- i think something very natural about this. people are going to have to deal with children when they feel more uniform courtable about the environment and -- >> the economy. >> and certainly about the economy. i think this is goingo take care of itself. women have lot of children when they -- >> we got to run. that's it for this education of "to the contrary." please follow me on twitter @bonnie erbe and @tothecontrary and check our website, pbs.org/ttc where the discussion continues. whether you agree or think, to the contrary, please join us next time. >> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation com
are we actually educating folks. because you can argue that china as they increase middle class, they actually all of a sudn want to be high priced middle class as very simple level, something that -- meat prices are going up that is a luxury. how are we educating our population that we're being kind to the environment and using stuff at our disposal working smartly. >> it does respond -- i think something very natural about this. people are going to have to deal with children when they...
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but nonetheless, many hispanics, hispanic parents, are putting an emphasis on education. education is something that, for many, is important for success. >> hinojosa: except i have to stop you, because you know what the dropout rates are for latinos. so on the one hand you're saying that latino families, latino parents, care about education. on the other hand, we're seeing that you have a 50% dropout rate amongst latino teenagers, more or less. >> that's right. and... but that dropout rate is... it's an interesting number, but it reflects a couple of different things. if we take a look at those latinos who are of the second generation, the children of immigrants, their dropout rates look a lot like they are generally for the us, for the general us public or the general us population of young people. same thing for the third generation young latino, although their dropout rates are slightly higher than they are for second generation young latinos. immigrant young latinos are less likely to have a high school diploma. and they may have completed all the education they neede
but nonetheless, many hispanics, hispanic parents, are putting an emphasis on education. education is something that, for many, is important for success. >> hinojosa: except i have to stop you, because you know what the dropout rates are for latinos. so on the one hand you're saying that latino families, latino parents, care about education. on the other hand, we're seeing that you have a 50% dropout rate amongst latino teenagers, more or less. >> that's right. and... but that...
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how you do education. how you keep driving innovation, how you deal with climate change, they actually expect the united states to take the lead. you know, as much as china is growing, nobody looks to them as a primary role model. . >> rose: because they see the things they do that are not very attractive or because there are so many possibilities of social tension within a country that large? >> ironically it's partly because china is so inward looking. there are people worry, are they get to get-- they've chosen to be answer inward work glg you mean about culture and everything else. >> they don't tell other countries how to do things. and they don't have a global presence. so the vacuum created by the u.s. not having clear views and solving problems is very scary. you know, who is going to fill that void? yeah, there's a lot of great countries around. but we should be proud of the fact that people still expect us to step back, really know want numbers, know the science and come up with solutions. q. as
how you do education. how you keep driving innovation, how you deal with climate change, they actually expect the united states to take the lead. you know, as much as china is growing, nobody looks to them as a primary role model. . >> rose: because they see the things they do that are not very attractive or because there are so many possibilities of social tension within a country that large? >> ironically it's partly because china is so inward looking. there are people worry, are...
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so the ability to marry education with your work is very important. and being able to cap that debt is important. but one of the issues i have with president obama's proposal is perhaps not enough attention to that older student because acceleration and those kinds of issues when the president has talked about, presume that you can go to college full time. and that's great for a guy like steve who is one of my students who just got back from four tours in iraq, has put everything on hold to start college. but it's not so good for another student of mine, desiree, who has a kid, who has her mother out, who works full time. acceleration doesn't mean much for her. unfortunately, i don't see enough in this new set of proposals that would really help the adult student who is also working. >> suarez: fair criticism, anya, when you listened to the president talk today, it seemed like he was talking about the kid who can go full time for four years, finish all at once, and then start the rest of their lives? >> well, i think we all have a tendency, i think, h
so the ability to marry education with your work is very important. and being able to cap that debt is important. but one of the issues i have with president obama's proposal is perhaps not enough attention to that older student because acceleration and those kinds of issues when the president has talked about, presume that you can go to college full time. and that's great for a guy like steve who is one of my students who just got back from four tours in iraq, has put everything on hold to...
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and irene has also returned to education. she took redundancy from quinn insurance. i think it's a good opportunity for anybody that's on the brink of losing their job to consider education and retrain for something completely different. the shrinking jobs market means that cab cavern is experiencing un pr unprecedented record number for their courses. the potential for us to take an increased intake of students is hampered on the restriction on place nationally. the college wants to see this cap lifted so it can leave the clamour for qualifications. but on graduation day on class of 2010 were unsure what the future held for them and the country. i'm hoping it's not all for nothing. it's going to be the light of the end of the tunnel. every political party promises to invest in education, and jobs. >> just over a month and st. patrick's tourism ireland it's using the global festivities to launch its overseas campaign. to boost ireland numbers. but happened rick could be facing his tall eest order yet. with overseas visitor numbers down by 40% in 2007 the cost to our
and irene has also returned to education. she took redundancy from quinn insurance. i think it's a good opportunity for anybody that's on the brink of losing their job to consider education and retrain for something completely different. the shrinking jobs market means that cab cavern is experiencing un pr unprecedented record number for their courses. the potential for us to take an increased intake of students is hampered on the restriction on place nationally. the college wants to see this...
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all for about 1% of what we have spent on education each year. tonight i'm announcing a new challenge: to redesign america's high schools so they better equip graduates for the demands of a high-tech economy. and we'll reward schools that develop new partnerships with colleges and employers and create classes that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math. the skills today's employers are looking for to fill the jobs that are there right now and will be there in the future. now even with better high schools, most young people will need some higher education. the simple fact that the more education you've got, the more likely you are to have a good job and work your way into the middle class. but today's skyrocketing costs price too many young people out of a higher education or settle them with unsustainable debt. through tax credits, grants and better loans, we've made college more affordable for millions of students and families over the last few years. the tax payers can't keep on subsidizing higher and higher and higher costs for hi
all for about 1% of what we have spent on education each year. tonight i'm announcing a new challenge: to redesign america's high schools so they better equip graduates for the demands of a high-tech economy. and we'll reward schools that develop new partnerships with colleges and employers and create classes that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math. the skills today's employers are looking for to fill the jobs that are there right now and will be there in the future. now even...
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>>scott: the world bank says higher education and higher education of women in particular is critical to promoting sustainable, social, economic and environmental development in the region. >>reporter: marketable skills. it has powerful supporters which include the world bank, the bill and melinda gates foundation and the wife of the former prime minister of great britain, cherie blair. she's justbeen elected chancellor: >>blair: it sometimes sounds incredibly idealistic to say, if we bring a group of young women together and mix them up regardless of where they come from, their religious background their ethnicity their wealth that they will have more in common than they will find to disagree about...it sounds like a fairy tale but i think the asian university for women is a concrete example of how that is really true. >>it's providing diversity, special care for the students...it is providing a lot of opportunities >>if i were at home i would be a married woman >>the name is very perfect, the asian university for women...the name is giving the whole vision andmission of women ...wha
>>scott: the world bank says higher education and higher education of women in particular is critical to promoting sustainable, social, economic and environmental development in the region. >>reporter: marketable skills. it has powerful supporters which include the world bank, the bill and melinda gates foundation and the wife of the former prime minister of great britain, cherie blair. she's justbeen elected chancellor: >>blair: it sometimes sounds incredibly idealistic to...
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and our education programs and a lot of our public programs have that in particular. so of all the schools we serve-- we serve 254 schools right now-- many of them are in the poorest neighborhoods. many of them immediately have also the biggest... we're averaging 60% to 70% minorities in those schools, where the average latino population in public schools in new york is 40%. so of course our efforts are concerted so that they benefit from the existence of a cultural institution that is closer to their needs. and then we also take account of the fact that yes, it is intimidating. imagine that your parents immigrated here, they're hardworking, they barely speak english. the kids start to be the go-between. and let me tell you one anecdote, one beautiful thing that happened one day. a museum is not a place that normally these hardworking people would go. but because we have a... we go very presently to their schools and everything, and we gave bilingual fliers to come for free to el museo, one girl was touring her father. so you see the pride first of the girl explaining
and our education programs and a lot of our public programs have that in particular. so of all the schools we serve-- we serve 254 schools right now-- many of them are in the poorest neighborhoods. many of them immediately have also the biggest... we're averaging 60% to 70% minorities in those schools, where the average latino population in public schools in new york is 40%. so of course our efforts are concerted so that they benefit from the existence of a cultural institution that is closer...
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education. that's how i got here. i got here working backwards, they got here working far wards, we met at the same place, so i have always said i wish i had studied education in college and not arabic, middle east history, because traveling around the world i see, everywhere i go it is the biggest foreign policy issue, it is china, brazil, the middle east, it is really the number one issue, and what is really interesting, everybody his they are bin, you go to singapore and they are killing us on the math tests but they think their kids can't invent the hula-hoop and you go to, you know, japan and they are all worried, china, they think they have got this part of it but not that part of it, you come here, you know, johnny and suze can't read but billy has a ring in her nose and a tattoo and they just invented three new ipad apps. aall have to work on it. >> rose: thank you all. thank you very much. great to have you. thank you for joining us. see you next time. funding for charlie rose has been provided by the coca-co
education. that's how i got here. i got here working backwards, they got here working far wards, we met at the same place, so i have always said i wish i had studied education in college and not arabic, middle east history, because traveling around the world i see, everywhere i go it is the biggest foreign policy issue, it is china, brazil, the middle east, it is really the number one issue, and what is really interesting, everybody his they are bin, you go to singapore and they are killing us...
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behind the headlines: education rhee-form. international academic test scores of 30 developed nations reveal the united states ranks near the bottom, 23rd in reading and 25th in math. president obama is calling on congress to pass education reforms by the time students return to school next year. but some claim teachers' unions and special interest groups are standing in the way of real reform. former washington d.c. school chancellor, michelle rhee, recently unveiled a new organization she hopes will put students first. >> if you look over the past three decades in this country, the education policies have been driven by special interest groups, you got text book manufacturers, you got teacher unions you got testing companies, and the problem with that equation is you got no public interest group that is advocating on behalf of children and putting the interest of children's interests first and foremost. so that is exactly what we aim at students first, is to ensure that law officials, public officials, policy makers who are
behind the headlines: education rhee-form. international academic test scores of 30 developed nations reveal the united states ranks near the bottom, 23rd in reading and 25th in math. president obama is calling on congress to pass education reforms by the time students return to school next year. but some claim teachers' unions and special interest groups are standing in the way of real reform. former washington d.c. school chancellor, michelle rhee, recently unveiled a new organization she...
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and until we really rein in on the cost of education, look at the states, 47 states have cut higher education, look at the fact that colleges are not necessarily spending their money on learn bug, in fact, on the college experience, investing their money in the wrong sorts of priorities that are for prestige as opposed to the core competency of the school. and improve the job market so there's not such a monopoly on needed to go to college as the only way forward. that's where the real conversation needs to happen. as far as student interest rates are going, that is manufactured crisis that we have kicked the can down on t road on and i think ultimately there will be a 23rd hour deal that has some combinationof pretty much having the 3.4% rate continue for a year until we can have the larger debate. >> brown: evan feinberg, do you agree about the scale of the problem? what's your possible solution? >> well, i agree the that college affordability is the important issue here. young people simply can't afford college today in today's economy but i disagree about the cause of that. i think both s
and until we really rein in on the cost of education, look at the states, 47 states have cut higher education, look at the fact that colleges are not necessarily spending their money on learn bug, in fact, on the college experience, investing their money in the wrong sorts of priorities that are for prestige as opposed to the core competency of the school. and improve the job market so there's not such a monopoly on needed to go to college as the only way forward. that's where the real...
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nowadays, the people are more educated. the ratio is really low, there are less girls. >> that does not bode way forward to growing gender imbalance. and many provinces, and men will be unable to find women to marry. >> here in europe, improved health and living standards increase lifespans. we're talking about the gray side. germany is a common example. >> the fate of the german future, the population is getting older, the numbers of germans over 60 is growing. scientists worry that this could lead to see -- lead to tensions. >> who benefits from an aging society? will money be spent on pensions, child care, education? we are looking at an aging society. because over 60% are over 60, politicians will be focusing on them. >> the sole security system faces a major problem. there are not enough young workers to help the seniors. >> an effective measure would be to raise the retirement age. others recommend completely doing away with the retirement age and working as long as possible. >> the health-care system is feeling the p
nowadays, the people are more educated. the ratio is really low, there are less girls. >> that does not bode way forward to growing gender imbalance. and many provinces, and men will be unable to find women to marry. >> here in europe, improved health and living standards increase lifespans. we're talking about the gray side. germany is a common example. >> the fate of the german future, the population is getting older, the numbers of germans over 60 is growing. scientists...
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but in america, if you work hard, education is the ticket. and when i read about the lotteries, tom friedman wrote the article about the lottery and i read it in "the new york times", i thought this is it, this is a metaphor. it wasn't spoused to be about charters although that is what some of the critics talk about. but it is about kids shouldn't have to win a chance at a great education. >> rose: we conclude this evening with clay christensen, the popular professor at harvard business school talking about life and teaching. >> then i asked the student that you also need to come to class having prepared to show clay christensen what's wrong with his theory. and as i try to engage them not just to tell me what it does, but what it doesn't do, i walk out thinking holy cow, i can't believe they paid me to learn from my students. >> rose: exactly. shelton, guggenheim, christensen. when we continue. >> funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. meals for the needy. or maybe you want to help when the unexpected happens. whatever you w
but in america, if you work hard, education is the ticket. and when i read about the lotteries, tom friedman wrote the article about the lottery and i read it in "the new york times", i thought this is it, this is a metaphor. it wasn't spoused to be about charters although that is what some of the critics talk about. but it is about kids shouldn't have to win a chance at a great education. >> rose: we conclude this evening with clay christensen, the popular professor at harvard...